1. A horse, especially a stallion.
2. The number seven.
3. A race of men horse-like in strength.
4. A mare.
अश्व (aśva) [Printed book page 0101-b] अश्व (aśva) 1 .
aśva, as, m. (rt. 1.
aś?), a horse,
especially a stallion; the number ‘seven’ (that being
the number of the horses of the sun); a race of men
horse-like in strength; N. of a son of Citraka, also
of a Dānava; (
ā), f. a mare; (
au), du. a horse and
a mare [cf. Zend aśpa; Lat. equus; Gr. ἵππος
Lith. aszwa; Old Sax. ehuscalc].
—Aśva-kandikā, f., N. of the plant Physalis Flexuosa.
—Aśva-karṇa, as, m. the ear of a horse; N. of the tree Vatica Robusta
W. and A., so called from the shape of its leaves;
a term in surgery for a particular fracture of the
bones; N. of a mountain.
—Aśva-karṇaka, as, m. =
the preceding in all but its last sense.
—Aśva-kuṭī, f.
a stable for horses.
—Aśva-kuśala or
aśva-kovida, as, ā, am, skilled in horses.
—Aśva-kranda, as, m., N. of a bird.
—Aśva-khura, as, m. a horse's
hoof; a perfume, apparently a dried shell-fish; (
ā or
ī), f. the plant Clitoria Ternatea Lin.
—Aśva-gati, is, f. the pace of a horse; N. of a metre containing
four verses of sixteen syllables each.
—Aśva-gandhā, f. the plant Physalis Flexuosa Lin.
—Aśva-goyuga, am, n. a pair of horses.
—Aśva-goṣṭha, am, n. a
stable.
—Aśva-grīva, as, m. ‘horse-neck,’ N. of a
demon, a foe of Viṣṇu, more commonly called Haya-
grīva.
—Aśva-ghāma, as, m., N. of a place.
—Aśva- ghāsa, as, m. pasture for horses.
—Aśva-ghoṣa, as, m., N. of a Buddhist.
—Aśva-ghna, as, m.
‘horse-bane,’ N. of a kind of Oleander, Nerium
Odorum Ait.
—Aśva-calana-śālā, f. a riding-house.
—Aśva-cikitsaka, as, m. a farrier, a veterinary sur-
geon.
—Aśva-cikitsā, f. farriery.
—Aśva-jaghana, as, m. a kind of centaur, a being with lower limbs like
those of a horse.
—Aśva-jit, t, t, t, Ved. gaining
horses by conquest; (
t), m., N. of a Buddhist
Bhikṣu.
—Aśva-tīrtha, am, n., N. of a place of
pilgrimage near Kānyakubja on the Gaṅgā.
—Aśva- da, as, ā, am, giving horses.
—Aśva-daṃṣṭrā, f.
the plant Tribulus Lanuginosus Lin.
—Aśva-dā, ās, m., Ved. or
aśva-dāvan, ā, m., Ved. giving horses.
—Aśva-dūta, as, m. a riding messenger.
—Aśva- nadī, f., N. of a river.
—Aśva-nāya, as, m. a horse-
herd, i. e. one who has the charge of a drove of
grazing horses.
—Aśva-nibandhika, as, m. lit. ‘a
horse-fastener,’ a groom.
—Aśva-nirṇij, k, k, k, Ved.
decorated or embellished with horses.
—Aśva-pa, as, m., Ved. a groom.
—Aśva-pati, is, m., Ved. lord
of horses; N. of several persons, of a king of Madra
and father of Sāvitrī; and of an Asura.
—Aśva- parṇa, as, ā, am, Ved. having horses for wings.
—Aśva-pastya, as, ā, am, Ved. having horses for
(its) home or seat or source, consisting in horses (?),
depending on horses (?).
—Aśva-pāda, as, ā, am, horse-footed.
—Aśva-pāla, as, m. a groom.
—Aśva- pucchī, f. the plant Glycine Debilis Ait.
—Aśva- pṛṣṭha, am, n. horseback.
—Aśva-peśas, ās, ās, as, Ved. decorated or embellished with horses.
—Aśva-baḍava or
aśva-vaḍava, am, n. horses.
and mares; (
au), m. du. a horse and a mare.
—Aśva-bandha, as, m. lit. ‘a horse-fastener,’ a
groom, an ostler.
—Aśva-bandhana, am, n. fasten-
ing of horses; (
as, ī, am), used for fastening horses.
—Aśva-balā, f., N. of a vegetable.
—Aśva-bāla or
aśva-vāla, as, m. tail or hair of a horse; a kind
of reed, Saccharum Spontaneum Lin.
—Aśva-bāhu, us, m., N. of a son of Citraka.
—Aśva-budhna, as, ā, am, Ved. based on horses, having its origin in
horses, standing on horses, i. e. on a carriage drawn
by horses.
—Aśva-budhya, as, ā, am, Ved. based
on horses, having its origin in horses (as wealth),
distinguished by horses.
—Aśva-bhā, f. lightning.
—Aśva-mahiṣikā, f. the natural enmity of a
horse and a buffalo.
—Aśva-māra or
aśva-māraka, as, or
aśva-hantṛ, tā, m. ‘horse-destroying,’ a
kind of Oleander, Nerium Odorum.
—Aśva-māla, as, m. a kind of serpent.
—Aśvam-iṣṭi, is, is, i, Page0101-c+ 81 Ved. seeking or wishing for horses; procuring
horses, an epithet of Agni; (Sāy.) whose rites are
pervasive, or who desires quick worship.
—Aśva- mukha, as, ī, am, having the head or countenance
of a horse; (
as), m. a Kinnara or celestial chorister
(so represented); according to others, a kind of
demi-god distinct from the preceding; N. of a pe-
culiar race of people.
—Aśva-muc, k, m. a horse-
stealer.
—Aśva-medha, as, m. the horse-sacrifice;
(a celebrated ceremony, the antiquity of which
reaches back to the Vedic period. For example,
hymns 162 and 163 in the first Maṇḍala of the
Ṛg-veda were used at this sacrifice. In later times
its efficacy was so exaggerated, that a hundred such
sacrifices entitled the sacrificer to displace Indra from
the dominion of Svarga; kings who engaged in it
spent enormous sums in gifts to the Brāhmans. It
is said that the horse was sometimes not immolated,
but kept bound during the ceremony); N. of a son of
Bharata.
—Aśvamedha-kāṇḍa, am, n., N. of the
thirteenth book of the Śatapatha-Brāhmaṇa.
—Aśva- medha-datta, as, m., N. of a king.
—Aśvamedhika or
aśvamedhīya, as, ā, am, relating to the horse-
sacrifice; (
as), m. a horse fit for the sacrifice, called
Aśva-medha.
—Aśva-yuj, k, k, k, Ved. harnessing
horses; having horses put to (as a carriage); (
k), f.,
N. of a constellation, the head of Aries; the first
lunar mansion; m. the month Āśvina (Sept. — Oct.);
(
k, k, k), born under the constellation Aśvayuj.
—A- śva-yuja, as, m. the month Āśvina.
—Aśva-yūpa, as, m., Ved. the post to which the sacrificial horse
was bound.
—Aśva-yoga, as, ā, am, Ved. causing
the yoking of horses, joining or reaching as quickly
as horses.
—Aśva-rakṣa, as, m. the keeper or rider
of a horse, a groom.
—Aśva-ratha, as, m. a carriage
drawn by horses; (
ā), f., N. of a river.
—Aśva- rādhas, ās, ās, as, Ved. furnishing horses.
—Aśva- rodhaka, as, m., N. of the plant Nerium Odorum
Ait.
—Aśva-lalita, N. of a species of the Vikṛti
metre.
—Aśva-lālā, f. a kind of snake.
—Aśva- loman, ā, m. horse-hair; a kind of snake.
—Aśva- vaktra, as, m. a Kinnara or Gandharba.
—Aśva- vaḍava, am, n. a stud of horses and mares;
(
au), m. du. a horse and a mare; (
ās), m. horses
and mares, see
aśva-baḍava. — 1.
aśva-vat, ind. like
a horse.
—2. aśva-vat, or Ved.
aśvā-vat, ān, atī, at, possessed of horses, consisting of horses.
—Aśva- vadana, as, m., N. of a people.
—Aśva-vaha, as, m. a horseman.
—Aśva-vāra or
aśva-vāla, as, m.
a horseman, a groom.
—Aśva-vāraka, as, m. a
horseman, a groom.
—Aśva-vāraṇa, as, m., N. of
the Bos Gavæus.
—Aśva-vāha or
aśva-vāhaka, as, m. a horseman.
—Aśva-vikrayin, ī, m. a
horse-dealer.
—Aśva-vid, t, t, t, skilled in taming
horses, an epithet of Nala; a jockey; Ved. procuring
horses.
—Aśva-vṛṣa, as, m., Ved. a stallion.
—Aśva-vaidya, as, m. a farrier, a veterinary surgeon.
—Aśva-śaka, am, n., Ved. excrements of a horse.
—Aśva-śakṛt, t, n. excrements of a horse, horse-
dung; N. of a river.
—Aśva-śaṅku, us, m., N. of
a Dānava.
—Aśva-śālā, f. a stable.
—Aśva-śāva, as, m. a foal, a colt.
—Aśva-śāstra, am, n. a manual
or text-book of veterinary science.
—Aśva-śiras, as, n. a horse's head; (
ās, ās, as), having the head
of a horse, an epithet of Nārāyaṇa; (
ās), m., N. of
a Dānava.
—Aśva-śṛgālikā, f. the natural enmity
between the horse and the jackal.
—Aśva-ścandra, as, ā, am, Ved. causing joy (by means of) horses;
brilliant with horses.
—Aśva-ṣaṅgava, am, n. a set
or team of six horses.
—Aśva-sani, is, is, i, Ved. or
aśva-sā or
aśva-ṣā, ās, ās, am, Ved. gaining or
procuring horses.
—Aśva-sāda, as, or
aśva-sādin, ī, m. a horseman, a rider, a horse-soldier.
—Aśva- sārathya, am, n. management of horses and cars,
horsemanship and driving, coachmanship, charioteer-
ship.
—Aśva-sūkti, is, m., N. of an author of Vedic
hymns.
—Aśva-sūnṛta, as, ā, am, Ved. praised
sincerely for (the gift of) horses; whose praise for
(giving) horses is agreeable and true.
—Aśva-sena, as, m., N. of a Nāga.
—Aśvasena-nṛpa-nandana, as, m., N. of a king and saint, also Sanatkumāra.
Page0102-a+ 81 —Aśvastomīya, as, ā, am, Ved. relating to the
praise of the sacrificial horse.
—Aśva-sthāna, am, n. a stable or stall for horses; (
as, ā, am),
born in a stable.
—Aśva-haya, as, ā, am, Ved.
driving or spurring a horse.
—Aśva-hāraka, as, m. a horse-stealer.
—Aśva-hṛdaya, am, n. horse-
manship.
—Aśvākṣa (°va-ak°), as, m., N. of
a plant.
—Aśvājanī (°va-aj°), f. a whip.
—Aśva- dhika (°va-adh°), as, ā, am, strong in cavalry,
superior in horses.
—Aśvādhyakṣa (°va-adh°), as, m. a guardian of horses.
—Aśvā-magha, as, ī, am, Ved. rich in horses.
—Aśvāyur-veda (°va-āy°), as, m. veterinary science.
—Aśvāri (°va-ari), is, m. a
buffalo.
—Aśvārūḍha (°va-ār°), as, ā, am, mounted,
sitting on horseback.
—Aśvāroha (°va-ā°), as, ā, am, riding or mounted on a horse; (
as), m. a horseman;
(
ā), f., N. of the plant Aśvagandhā.
—Aśvārohaka (°va-ār°), as, m., N. of the plant Aśvagandhā.
—Aśvārohin (°va-ār°), ī, iṇī, i, mounted or
riding on horseback.
—Aśvā-vat, ān, atī, at, fur-
nished with horses.
—Aśvāvarohaka (°va-av°), as, m., N. of the plant Aśvagandhā.
—Aśveṣita (°va- iṣ°), as, ā, am, hurried along by horse.
—Aśvorasa (°va-ur°), as, ī, am, broad-chested like a horse.
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